Auburn Gymnastics

As you can tell from our Christmas pictures, Blair is REALLY into gymnastics these days. She has always loved watching all the meets on ESPN during the winter months. I thought it would be a great idea to take her to Auburn so she could see it all in person (and I will take any chance I can get to visit God's country).  We picked the perfect 70 degree January day to head that way. Pop met us there just in time to hit up the book stores and grab some Toomer's lemonade ;)

Blair is a member of the Auburn Kid's Club, so we were invited to attend a pizza party with Aubie prior to the meet.  The timing of this was perfect, because Blair needs a little practice with "characters" prior to our Disney trip. It was a struggle at first to even get her in the same room, but she pulled it together and did GREAT!!!

We got to our seats super early so we could watch the cheerleaders perform, and watch the "pre-game" festivities. They really made a big deal out of this being the first meet of the season.  Blair's eyes were glued the entire time!

We watched the girls perform on the vault, the bars, floor routine, and the balance beam. Of course, the balance beam was last so we couldn't miss that!

We took a small tour of the new Auburn Arena prior to leaving town, and I will say that it is IMPRESSIVE! They had all the retired Aubie uniforms on display, a display of the Heisman trophies, and even the Coaches' Trophy.  This is a beautiful facility and something us Auburn fans should really be proud of. 

And last, but not least, we have the best Pop ever. He is a die-hard Bama fan and drove all the way to Auburn to be with his girls. He bought out the bookstores, took us to dinner, wore an orange and blue colored polo, AND even took a picture with our one and only little crystal ball.  I don't many Bammers as good as him, so I guess we'll keep him ;) War Eagle!